Harp music and arrangements by Caitríona Rowsome
Fuinneamh na Farraige
A short (52sec) film of Irish coastal footage, set to bilingual (Irish and English) text and newly composed harp music. Music, text, videography and design by Caitríona Rowsome, 2022.
Port na bPúcaí
This clip was inspired by the folklore of Port na bPúcaí.
Poem, Prologue to a Port, and harp arrangement of Port na bPúcaí by Caitríona Rowsome, 2021.
Caoineadh Phiarais Feiritéara (Piaras Feirtéir's Lament) is an air that was collected by Canon James Goodman in the 19th century. Piaras Feirtéir (c.1600–1653) of Castle Sybil, was a harper, poet and local insurgent leader who ruled over the Blasket Islands. Ferriter was renowned for his intellect, musical skills and Irish poetry. This recording is an arrangement of Caoineadh Phiarais Feiritéara for harp, by Caitríona Rowsome, and is set to images of Castle Sybil (where Piaras Feirtéir was born), Ceann Sibéal, and the Blasket Islands.
An Faoileán
An Faoileán (Irish for 'The Seagull') was composed on 8th March 2021 by Caitríona Rowsome. The classic 'ha-ha-ha-ha' call of the seagull which can be heard in the first clip is echoed throughout the music, and is explored as a theme in the tune. The photos were taken by Caitríona in West Kerry on a camera phone in June 2017.
Fiach an Mhada Rua
Harp arrangement of Fiach an Mhada Rua (The Fox Chase) by Caitríona Rowsome, 2011.
I often heard this piece of music played on the uilleann pipes by my father, fourth generation uilleann piper and pipe maker, Leon Rowsome (1936–1994, https://www.itma.ie/blog/leon-rowsome), who in turn heard it on the uilleann pipes by his father Leo Rowsome (1903–1970).
FoxChase.mp3
The Complete Carolan Songs & Airs
This comprehensive collection gives a unique perspective to the music and songs of the great Irish harper-composer, Turlough Carolan (1670-1738). Caitríona Rowsome has combined Carolan’s surviving airs with sensitive and appropriate harp settings, metrically matching them with Carolan’s surviving lyrics for the airs. Many of the airs are not commonly known as songs, and some include lyrics published here for the first time. For each of Carolan’s Irish songs, an English interpretation is also provided.
‘A must-have for all Carolan enthusiasts.’ Áine Ní Dhubhghaill, Royal Irish Academy of Music
List of tracks in the Complete Carolan Songs & Airs, played on the accompanying 4-CD set by Caitríona on a neo-Irish harp.
CD 1 (Tune Numbers 1-60)
Track No. Tune Name
- Lady Athenry
- Mrs. Bermingham – First Air
- *Mrs. Bermingham – Second Air
- James Betagh
- Lady Blayney
- George Brabazon – First Air
- *George Brabazon – Second Air
- Sir Ulick Burke
- Sir Festus Burke
- Lady Laetitia Burke
- The Honourable Thomas Burke
- Isabella Burke
- Thomas Burke
- Planxty Burke
- Mrs. Cole
- Nancy Cooper – First Air
- *Nancy Cooper – Second Air
- Sir Charles Coote
- Edward Corcoran
- Mrs. Costello
- Planxty Crilly
- Sir Edward Crofton
- James Crofton
- Mrs. Crofton
- Miss Crofton
- Bridget Cruise – First Air
- Bridget Cruise – Second Air
- Bridget Cruise – Third Air
- *Bridget Cruise – Fourth Air
- *Richard Cusack
- James Daly
- Dr. Delany
- Mrs. Delany
- Lord Dillon
- Lady Dillon
- Gerald Dillon
- Fanny Dillon
- Counsellor Dillon
- Luke Dillon
- Edward Dodwell
- Planxty Drew
- John Drury – First Air
- John Drury – Second Air
- William Eccles
- Mrs. Edwards
- Mrs. Fallon
- Mrs. Farrell
- Miss Fetherston | Carolan’s Devotion
- Mrs. Garvey – First Air
- Mrs. Garvey – Second Air
- *Lady Gethin
- Miss Goulding
- Dr. John Hart, Bishop of Achonry
- Mrs. Harwood
- Robert Hawkes
- Hewlett
- Captain Higgins
- Lord Inchiquin
- Colonel John Irwin
- Colonel Irwin
CD 2 (Tune Numbers 61-129)
Track No. Tune Name
- John Jameson
- Baptist Johnston
- John Jones
- Loftus Jones
- Thomas Morres Jones | Bumper Squire Jones
- Robert Jordan
- Thomas Judge | Carolan’s Frolic
- Mrs. Judge
- Mrs. Keel
- Daniel Kelly
- Hugh Kelly
- John Kelly
- Mabel Kelly
- Patrick Kelly
- Susanna Kelly
- Planxty Kelly
- Lord Louth
- Henry MacDermott Roe – First Air
- Henry MacDermott Roe – Second Air
- Henry MacDermott Roe – Third Air
- Mrs. MacDermott Roe
- Mrs. Anne MacDermott Roe
- Elizabeth MacDermott Roe
- Father Brian MacDermott Roe
- Edmond MacDermott Roe
- John MacDermott
- Miss MacDermott | The Princess Royal
- *Dolly MacDonough
- Dr. MacMahon, Bishop of Clogher
- Miss MacMurray
- Betty MacNeill
- Morgan Magan
- Captain Magan
- Kitty Magennis
- Brian Maguire
- Constantine Maguire
- Mr. Malone
- Margaret Malone
- Catherine Martin
- Lord Massereene
- Mrs. Maxwell – First Air
- Mrs. Maxwell – Second Air
- John Moore
- Peggy Morton
- Miss Murphy
- Miss Noble
- John Nugent
- Mrs. Nugent
- Elizabeth Nugent
- Grace Nugent
- Betty O’Brien
- *Donal O’Brien
- Mr. O’Connor
- John O’Connor
- Maurice O’Connor – First Air
- Maurice O’Connor – Second Air
- Maurice O’Connor – Third Air
- Mrs. O’Connor
- Dr. O’Connor
- Michael O’Connor – First Air
- Michael O’Connor – Second Air
- Denis O’Connor – First Air
- *Denis O’Connor – Second Air
- Mrs. O’Conor
- Charles O’Conor
- Colonel Manus O’Donnell
- Hugh O’Donnell
- O’Flinn
- Colonel O’Hara
CD 3 (Tune Numbers 130-190)
Track No. Tune Name
- Kean O’Hara – First Air
- Kean O’Hara – Second Air
- *Kean O’Hara – Third Air
- Captain O’Kane
- Katherine O’More
- Mrs. O’Neill of Carlane
- Mrs. O’Neill
- Mary O’Neill |Carolan’s Favourite Jig
- O’Reilly of Athcarne
- Conor O’Reilly
- John O’Reilly – First Air
- *John O’Reilly – Second Air
- Owen O’Rourke
- Mrs. O’Rourke
- Planxty O’Rourke – First Air
- Planxty O’Rourke – Second Air
- Frank Palmer
- *Squire Parsons
- Tobias Peyton
- *John Peyton
- Eleanor Plunkett
- James Plunkett
- Planxty Plunkett
- David Power
- Mrs. Power | Carolan’s Concerto
- Mrs. Power | Carolan’s Concerto (Tune Number 154a)
- Fanny Power
- Mervyn Pratt
- George Reynolds
- *Lady St. John
- Sir Arthur Shaen
- Major Shanly
- Dr. John Stafford | Carolan’s Receipt
- Mrs. Sterling
- Captain Sudley | Carolan’s Dowry
- Planxty Sweeney
- Mr. Waller
- Mrs. Waller
- William Ward
- Planxty Wilkinson
- Lady Wrixon
- General Wynne
- Untitled I | Carolan’s Welcome
- Untitled II
- Untitled III
- Untitled IV | Planxty Safaigh
- *Untitled V
- *Untitled VI
- *Untitled VII | Planxty O’Carolan
- *Untitled VIII | Planxty O’Neill
- *Untitled IX | Planxty Scott
- *Untitled X | Planxty Browne
- *All Alive
- *Blind Mary
- Carolan’s Cap
- Carolan’s Cottage
- *Carolan’s Cup
- Carolan’s Draught
- *Carolan’s Dream
- Carolan’s Farewell to Music
- Carolan’s Maggot
- Carolan’s Quarrel with the Landlady
CD 4 (Tune Numbers 191-226)
Track No. Tune Name
- Carolan’s Ramble to Cashel
- Cremonea
- The Dark, Plaintive Youth
- The Elevation
- The Fairy Queen
- *The Landlady
- *Ode to Whiskey
- *One Bottle More
- The O’Rourkes’ Feast
- *The Seas are Deep
- Separation of Soul and Body
- Sheebeg and Sheemore
- *The Two William Davises
- Variations on the Scottish Air ‘Cock Up Your Beaver’
- Variations on the Scottish Air ‘When She Cam Ben’
- Lament for Sir Ulick Burke
- *The Clergy’s Lamentation
- *Lord Galway’s Lamentation
- Lament for Charles MacCabe
- Lament for Terence MacDonough
- Lament for Owen Roe O’Neill
- Lament for Owen O’Rourke
- Squire Wood’s Lamentation on the Refusal of his Halfpence
- Captain O’Neill
- *Athlone
- *Banks of the Shannon
- *Cuir Do Cheann Dileas
- *Faillte Na Miosc
- *Farewell to Lough Neaghe
- *Irish Galloway Tom
- *The Lamentation of Ireland
- *The Merry Maids of Connaught
- *Port Gordon
- *Righin Aluin Aribhin Og
- *Sorridh Leat a Naomhaig
- *Uillagan Dubh O
* Attributions marked with an asterisk, while like Carolan’s style of composing and, in certain cases, found ascribed and credited to Carolan in extant manuscripts or printed sources, in the absence of conclusive evidence, may or may not be by Carolan.